SEPTEMBER 1, 2002 :: No. 368

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Introducing FLEX - First part English Language

The Argus will publish some sample questions of FLEX in order to give more information about the examination during this semester. ....Ed
 


Listening Comprehension

Section I
1. [Listening to a question/statement and choosing the best response.
Questions/statements and three answer choices are all spoken, and do not appear in print.]
What seems to be the trouble with the car?
¨ç Yes, it is still being serviced at the garage.
¨è The speedometer isn't working.
¨é The gas gauge shows the amount of gas in the tank.

Section II
2. [Listening to a dialogue and answering the question. |RDialogues and questions are spoken, and four answer choices are printed in the test booklet.]

Woman : Will these shoes wear well?
Man : Absolutely, ma'am. They are our most expensive shoes, and as you can see, the materials both inside and outside, and workmanship are excellent.

Question : Which of the following would be the best response of the man?
¨ç Yes, they do really look good.
¨è Yes, they are really inexpensive.
¨é No, I don't want to pay with my charge cards.
¨ê No, they are of the highest price here.

Section III
[Listening to a talk and answering the questions. |RTalks are spoken, and questions and four answer choices are printed in the test booklet.]

Inexpensive, easily washed, and hard-wearing, blue jeans first appeared in the United States in 1850. A miner digging for gold in the California gold rush asked tailor Levi Strauss to make him a sturdy pair of trousers, because ordinary fabric wore out so quickly. Jeans are made of denim, a tough cotton fabric colored with the natural blue indigo dye.
3. Who made the first blue jeans?
¨ç A miner for gold.
¨è A fabric engineer.
¨é A tailor.
¨ê A dye specialist.

4. What was the primary motivation for making blue jeans?
¨ç They were more durable.
¨è They were not expensive.
¨é They were made of cotton.
¨ê They were easily washed.

Reading Comprehension

Section IV
[Completing sentences.]
5. "Your new computer looks fancy."
"It ________ ."
¨ç cost me two thousand dollars
¨è cost me two thousands dollars
¨é costed me two thousand dollars
¨ê costed me two thousands dollars

Section V
[Choosing synonyms.]
6. Education was traditionally concerned with civic virtues, including health and good manners, in addition to giving rudimentary intellectual and aesthetic training.
¨ç useful
¨è basic
¨é reddish
¨ê not intelligent

Section VI
[Identifying grammatical errors.]
7. When I saw her two ¡§c months ago, Mary ¡§e told that she was ¡§e having a great time with her ¡§e first-semester sociology class with Professor Robinson.

¨ç He regrets that he was not there.
¨è He is sorry he wasn't there.
¨é I wish I had been there.
¨ê I am pity that I was not there.

Section VII
[Reading a passage and answering the questions.]

[9-11] "Barbara," my husband, Bill, announced, "your Christmas present is in the freezer." Mystified, I went to the freezer and broke out laughing. Inside was a festively wrapped three-gallon ice-cream container. My love of ice cream is legendary in our home.
Then, pulling off the wrappings, I laughed even harder. Instead of ice cream, the container held four large, hand-crafted wooden numbers for the front of our house. Bill had heard my say months earlier that I'd always wanted easy-to-read house numbers. I was touched and loved the fun of his double surprise.

9. What did the author receive from her husband as a Christmas present?
¨ç ice cream
¨è wooden house numbers
¨é an ice-cream container
¨ê a gold ring

10. Why did Bill put the present in an ice-cream container?
¨ç Because it was something to melt easily.
¨è Because he didn't want his wife to find it easily.
¨é Because he wanted to give his wife unexpected pleasure.
¨ê Because he enjoyed deceiving his wife.

11. The way Bill gave Barbara the present
¨ç did not give her any feeling.
¨è made her embarrassed because she didn't enjoy it.
¨é was rude because he deceived her twice.
¨êwas a good way to express his care for her.

Writing
1. [Translating into English.]
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2. [Stating opinions in English.]
Yesterday, while I was attending a sociology class one of the students' cellular phone rang, then only a couple of minutes later someone else's pager rang. Sometimes this happens more than five or six times in one class. What is your opinion on that?
3. [Writing an essay in English.]
Suppose Seoul and Pyeongyang suddenly agreed on unconditional reunification. There are many urgent issues to reconcile because of the long division and hostility between them. Write a brief essay dealing with such issues and suggesting solutions to them.

Speaking
1. [Introduction.]
Would you briefly introduce yourself please?
2. [Simple information.]
What do you plan to do after graduation?
3. [Stating personal opinions.]
Who do you admire most in the history of Korea? And why?
4. [Explaining facts.]
Explain how the life of human beings is closely related to the life of plants.
5. [Comments and assertions.]
What are the causes of regional conflicts in Korea?
6. [Argumentation.]
Let's assume this. Your company plans to build a factory. A group of environmentalists protest against the plan, because they claim it will cause water pollution. Your boss has asked you to deal with them. Given this situation, what are you going to do?


 


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